NIST Comment Request: Draft Revisions to FIPS 186-3 Digital Signature Standard

Apr 09

Attached is an advance Federal Register notice in which NIST requests comments on proposed revisions FIPS 186-3. The proposed revision:

— Clarifies terms used within the FIPS;

— Allows the use of any random bit/number generator that is approved for use in FIPS-140-validated modules;

— Reduces restrictions on the retention and use of prime number generation seeds for generating RSA key pairs;

— Corrects statements in FIPS 186-3 regarding the generation of the integer k, which is used as a secret number in the generation of DSA and ECDSA digital signatures;

— Corrects a typographical error in the processing steps of secret number generation for ECDSA;

— Corrects the wording of the criteria for generating RSA key pairs; and

— Aligns the specification for the use of a salt with RSASSA-PSS digital signatures scheme with Public Key Cryptography Standard (PKCS) #1.

Draft_FIPS186-3 Revisions FR Notice